Then Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until daybreak. Genesis 32:24 NASB Wrestled with him – In my book Crossing: The Struggle for Identity I show that this very unusual story has a deep psychological element. No explanation of who this strange opponent is really satisfies until we recognize that Jacob is…
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: Ecclesiastes 3:1 KJV A time – How do you read the Bible? Perhaps that question is far too broad. What I want to ask is this: What lens do you use when you’re reading the Bible? Do you read…
And He said: ‘Incline thine heart to every word which I shall speak to thee on this mount, and write them in a book in order that their generations may see how I have not forsaken them for all the evil which they have wrought in transgressing the covenant which I establish between Me and…
Irn shrpns irn s n mn shrpns nthr Proverbs 27:17 Shrpns – Can you read this verse? It’s only missing the vowels, but vowels are the units of the sound system of a language that form the nucleus of a syllable. You can’t speak without them. But you can read. Why? Because you read the vowels into the consonants. The consonants are merely the framework for engagement. They hold up the house while you go about…
